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I've been a professional writer all my working life which is a lot longer than I care to say. I began in advertising, worked in Sydney and London then back in Sydney again, with a brief stint filling in as Creative Director in a Singapore agency. Then I switched to television and worked for eight years on a comedy called Hey Dad! , among other shows. In the nineties, I started doing corporate work: conferences, videos, corporate songs and so forth.

But all that time, I wanted to be an author. And I was writing books in my spare time.

The Ranger's Apprentice series was born out of a set of short stories I wrote many years ago for my son Mike, to encourage him to read. I wrote and illustrated them for him and I've tried to reproduce some of those original drawings through the website.

There were twenty short stories in all and they served to develop my main characters Will, Halt, Tug, and Horace. Interestingly, in those original stories, Horace was the villain and he and Will actually fought a duel with practice weapons. When I expanded those original short stories into first one book, then two, then the eventual four that formed the first Ranger's series, I rehabilitated Horace and he turned out to be Will's best friend.

The day I was told that Random House Australia had offered to publish my series is still a red letter day in my mind. It was a lifetime ambition achieved.

I love the fact that I can say I'm an author when asked what I do. I love writing it on immigration forms when I fly overseas. (That's my second favourite form of writing these days!)

The series has grown now to seven books. I still enjoy the characters and to me, that's the key to writing and reading. I believe you have to become involved with the characters. I assume I'll keep writing more in the series, as well as some other ideas I've got waiting (more of that in Projects).

I'm married to a beautiful woman named Leonie. Early in 2007, we celebrated our 40th anniversary together. Over the years we've gone skiing together, played tennis together (she always used to beat me) and these days we play golf together. With golf we're pretty evenly matched. Years ago, I used to shoot at a field archery club, which is where a lot of the background for Ranger's comes from.

I've currently got a new longbow which I take when I'm doing school talks. But I'm sadly out of practice and the nearest range is too far away for regular visits.

Available Books by John Flanagan

	Brotherband 02: The Invaders Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781741664508 ~~RRP: $17.95~~ QBD: $14.99 Hal and the Heron brotherband are on the trail of Zavac and his precious cargo. Will they be able to find the pirates when the weather clears? And when they do, how can they possibly beat the mighty Raven and its crew of vicious cut-throats and killers? A chance discovery will lead them to their prey, but the pirates have a well-fortified position. The Herons must drive out the invaders - and...
	Brotherband 1: The Outcasts Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781741664492 RRP: $17.95 In Skandia, there is only one way to become a warrior. Boys are chosen for teams called brotherbands and must endure three months of gruelling training in seamanship, weapons and battle tactics. It's brotherband against brotherband, fighting it out in a series of challenges. There can be only one winner. When Hal Mikkelson finds himself the unwilling leader of a brotherband made up of outcas...
	Ranger's Apprentice 11: The Lost Stories Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864718188 RRP: $17.95 Everyone knows the legends of the Rangers of Araluen. But no one has heard the whole story - until now. Has Halt told Will the truth about how Will became an orphan? Did Gilan track down Morgarath's lieutenant after the battle of Three Step Pass? Is there to be a royal wedding - or will tragedy strike first? Inspired by questions and letters sent by his loyal readers, John Flanagan answers...
	Ranger's Apprentice 10: The Emperor Of Nihon-Ja Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781741664485 RRP: $17.95 Horace is missing. Months have passed since he was sent on a military mission to the court of the Emperor of Nihon-Ja but he has failed to return. Evanlyn is worried, and in company with Will and Alyss, she sets out to discover what has become of their old friend. They find that Horace has become embroiled in Nihon-Jan politics. The arrogant Senshi sect has rebelled against the rightful Emperor a...
	Ranger's Apprentice 09: Halt's Peril Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781741663020 RRP: $16.95 Halt, Horace and Will are on the trail of Tennyson and his followers. The false prophet of the Outsider cult escaped justice for his crimes in Clonmel, and Halt is determined to stop him before he crosses the border into Araluen. Will has defeated one of Tennyson's Genovesan assassins in Clonmel - but there are two left alive. Are the extraordinary archery skills of Will and Halt enough to sav...
	Ranger's Apprentice 01: The Ruins of Gorlan Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719048 RRP: $16.95 Will is small for his age, but agile and energetic. All his life, he has dreamed of becoming a great knight like the father he never knew, so he is devastated when he is rejected as an apprentice to Castle Redmont's Battleschool. Instead he is apprenticed to Halt, the mysterious Ranger whose uncanny ability to move unseen is thought to be the result of black magic. Reluctantly, Will learns to ...
	Ranger's Apprentice 02: The Burning Bridge Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719055 RRP: $16.95 As the Kingdom of Araluen prepares for war against Morgarath, Will and Horace accompany the Ranger Gilan on a mission to Celtica. But Celtica's villages and mines are silent. Only an exhausted and starving girl called Evanlyn can tell them why: Morgarath has sent his foul creatures to enslave the Celts. While Gilan rides swiftly back to Araluen to report this news to the King, Will and Horace ...
	Ranger's Apprentice 03: The Icebound Land Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719062 RRP: $16.95 Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as the captives of the fearsome Skandian wolfship captain, Erak. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his promise - even defy his King. Expelled from the Rangers, Halt is joined by Horace as he travels through Gallica towards Skandia. On their way, they are constantly challenged by freelance knights - otherwise known as thieving thug...
	Ranger's Apprentice 04: Oakleaf Bearers Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719079 RRP: $16.95 Just as spring approaches and Will and Evanlyn can finally escape Skandia, Evanlyn is carried off by mysterious horsemen. Will sets out after them, but one boy against six fierce Temujai warriors is impossible odds - even for a Ranger's apprentice. Halt and Horace arrive just in time. But there is no time to celebrate as Halt realises these Temujai are only the scouts for a massive invasion fo...
	Ranger's Apprentice 05: Sorcerer In The North Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719086 RRP: $16.95 Five years have passed since the Skandians and the Araluans made their treaty, and Will has finally become a Ranger, with his own fief to look after. He soon learns that even sleepy little islands have problems to keep him on his toes. Then he and his old friend Alyss are thrown into a terrifying new adventure, investigating the truth behind rumours of sorcery in a remote northern fief. As he sta...
	Ranger's Apprentice 06: The Siege of Macindaw Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719093 RRP: $16.95 In this desolate northern fief, where can Will find the fighting men he needs to overcome the traitorous Sir Keren and his band of criminals? Across the border, the fierce Scotti tribesmen are waiting for the signal that Castle Macindaw is in friendly hands, and the way is clear to mount a full-scale attack. Time is running out. Will's courage and ingenuity - and the arrival of an old friend ...
	Ranger's Apprentice 07: Erak's Ransom Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719109 RRP: $16.95 When the Skandian Oberjarl is taken hostage during a raid on the desert land of Arrida, his second-in-command, Svengal, asks the Araluans for help. Halt and Will must go with him to deliver the ransom and secure Erak's freedom, but a royal presence is needed. The Princess Cassandra - or Evanlyn, as Will knows her - persuades her father to let her go with them. Horace and the Ranger Gilan round...
	Ranger's Apprentice 08: The Kings of Clonmel Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719116 RRP: $16.95 Will is at the annual Ranger Gathering but Halt is investigating mysterious happenings in the west. When he does finally return, it's with bad news. Hibernia is in turmoil. A false religious cult calling themselves the Outsiders are sowing confusion and sedition, and five of the six Hibernian kingdoms have been undermined. Now the sixth, Clonmel, is in danger. Halt, Will and Horace set out to ...
	Ranger's Apprentice: 1 And 2 Bindup Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9781741662252 RRP: $29.95 Will is small for his age, but fast and quick-witted. He has always wanted to become a great knight, so he is devastated when he is instead apprenticed to Halt, the mysterious Ranger whose uncanny ability to move unseen is thought to be the result of black magic. But Will is about to find more excitement and adventure than he could have dreamed of when he is sent on missions whose success or failu...
	Ranger's Apprentice: 3 And 4 Bindup Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781741662825 RRP: $29.95 THE ICEBOUND LAND Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as the captives of the fearsome wolfship captain, Erak. But Halt has sworn to rescue his apprentice, and he is joined by Horace as he travels by land through Gallica towards Skandia. Can Horace's swordfighting skills keep them safe on their journey? Will they be in time to rescue Will from a life of slavery? OAKLEAF BEARERS Skandia is b...

	Halt's Peril Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142418581 RRP: $10.95 ...
	The Emperor of Nihon-Ja Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142418598 RRP: $10.95 ...
	The Outcasts Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399256196 RRP: $24.95 Rendered outcasts from other Skandians due to their lack of size and strength, Hal, Stig and their fellow misfit companions engage in a deadly sea battle against rival bands, the Wolves and the Sharks. By the author of the Ranger's Apprentice series....
	The Lost Stories Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399256189 RRP: $23.95 In 1896, an archaeological dig unearths an ancient trunk containing manuscripts that confirm the existence of Araluen Rangers Will and Halt and tell of their first meeting and some of their previously unknown exploits....
	Erak's Ransom Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142415252 RRP: $10.95 On a mission to pay the ransom of a new ally, apprentice Will and his friends find themselves in a desert wasteland awash with enemies....
	The Kings of Clonmel Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142418574 RRP: $10.95 Halt, Will, and Horace set out for Hibernia, where a quasi-religious group, the Outsiders, is sowing confusion and sedition, and they find that secrets from Halt's past may hold the key to restoring order....
	The Kings of Clonmel Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399252068 RRP: $23.95 When a cult from a neighboring kingdom convinces the frightened people of its ability to protect them from lawless marauders in exchange for gold, Halt receives help from Will and Horace in a quest to stop the marauders while exposing the cult's uncharitable agenda....
	The Siege of Macindaw Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142415245 RRP: $10.95 Will, who is now a full-fledged Ranger, must rescue his friend Alyss from a rogue knight and uncover vital information needed to ward off a Scotti invasion....
	Erak's Ransom Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399252051 RRP: $23.95 On a mission to pay the ransom of a new ally, apprentice Will and his friends find themselves in a desert wasteland awash with enemies....
	The Sorcerer of the North Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142414293 RRP: $10.95 Will, now a full-fledged Ranger responsible for a sleepy fief, finds a new adventure as he seeks the traitors who poisoned the king, investigates rumors of sorcery, and tries to rescue his friend Alyss, who is taken hostage....
	The Battle for Skandia Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142413401 RRP: $10.95 After Ranger's apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Will's kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a common enemy....
	The Sorcerer of the North Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399250323 RRP: $23.95 Will, now a full-fledged Ranger responsible for a sleepy fief, finds a new adventure as he seeks the traitors who poisoned the king, investigates rumors of sorcery, and tries to rescue his friend Alyss, who is taken hostage....
	The Ranger's Apprentice Collection Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142411735 RRP: $30.95 When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger....
	The Battle for Skandia Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399244575 RRP: $23.95 After Ranger's apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn, Will's kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a common enemy....
	The Icebound Land Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142410752 RRP: $10.95 Kidnapped by Lord Morgarath, Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandi and destined to become slaves, but when Horace hears of his friends' fate, he uses all the combat skills he possesses to attract the attention of knights and warlords in the hopes that they will help him in his dangerous mission. Reprint....
	The Burning Bridge Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142408421 RRP: $10.95 Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces....
	The Icebound Land Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399244568 RRP: $21.95 Kidnapped by Lord Morgarath, Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandi and destined to become slaves, but when Horace hears of his friends' fate, he uses all the combat skills he possesses to attract the attention of knights and warlords in the hopes that they will help him in his dangerous mission....
	The Burning Bridge Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399244551 RRP: $23.95 Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces....
	The Ruins of Gorlan Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142406632 RRP: $10.95 With Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, on the brink of attacking the kingdom, fifteen-year-old Will is chosen as the Ranger's new apprentice and must learn all the skills necessary to take part in the fierce battle ahead with their unique form of magic in the hopes of saving the villagers from pending annihilation. Reprint....
	The Ruins of Gorlan Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399244544 RRP: $23.95 With Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, on the brink of attacking the kingdom, fifteen-year-old Will is chosen as the Ranger's new apprentice and must learn all the skills necessary to take part in the fierce battle ahead with their unique form of magic in the hopes of saving the villagers from pending annihilation....

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	Ranger's Apprentice 01: The Ruins of Gorlan Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781864719659 Will is small for his age, but agile and energetic. All his life, he has dreamed of becoming a great knight like the father he never knew, so he is devastated when he is rejected as an apprentice to Castle Redmont's Battleschool. Instead he is apprenticed to Halt, the mysterious Ranger whose uncanny ability to move unseen is thought to be the result of black magic. Reluctantly, Will learns to ...
	Ranger's Apprentice 2: The Burning Bridge Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780759320765 As the Kingdom of Araluen prepares for war against Morgarath, Will and Horace accompany Gilan on a mission to Celtica. But Celtica's villages and mines are silent. It is only when the three find an exhausted and starving girl called Evanlyn that they learn why: Morgarath has sent his foul creatures to enslave the Celts. As Gilan rides swiftly back to Araluen to report this news to the King, Wi...
	Rangers Apprentice 09: Halt's Peril Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781741663820 Halt, Horace and Will are on the trail of Tennyson and his followers. The false prophet of the Outsider cult escaped justice for his crimes in Clonmel, and Halt is determined to stop him before he crosses the border into Araluen. Will has defeated one of Tennyson's Genovesan assassins in Clonmel - but there are two left alive. Are the extraordinary archery skills of Will and Halt enough to sav...
	The Ruins of Gorlan Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780142417447 When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and ends up protecting the kingdom from danger....

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